UN agencies warn Gaza slipping into famine as Israel resists ceasefire calls
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Initiative, a coalition of monitors tasked by the UN to warn of impending crises,...
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Major Israeli rights groups brand Gaza campaign ‘genocide’, a first for Israeli NGOs
Rights groups B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel have been frequent critics of Israeli government policies, but the language...
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Ukraine says trusts UN, not Russia, in grain deal
Ukraine and Russia signed a deal on Friday to unblock grain exports and relieve a global food crisis, as a...
- The five-month war is being fought across one of Europe's most fertile regions by two of the world's biggest grain producers
- Up to 25 million tonnes of wheat and other grain have been blocked in Ukrainian ports by Russian warships and landmines
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Israeli strike kills three soldiers near Damascus: Syrian ministry
Since civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes against its neighbor.
- Since civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes against its neighbor
- The Israeli military says the strikes are necessary to prevent its arch-foe Iran from gaining a foothold on its doorstep
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Arab League Cairo ministerial session discusses Greater Arab Free Trade Area
The meeting is a preparatory session preceding the regular 31st session of the Arab League Summit, which will be hosted...
- The meeting is a preparatory session preceding the regular 31st session of the Arab League Summit, which will be hosted by Algeria in November
- The UAE launched a range of pioneering programmes to train qualified Arab cadres to lead the space sector and support Arab cooperation in space sciences
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Russia’s Rosatom starts construction of Egypt’s first nuclear plant
Russia's state atomic energy corporation Rosatom has launched the construction of Egypt's first nuclear power plant, a $25-billion project billed...
- The construction launch "means that Egypt has joined the nuclear club," Likhachev said, according to Rosatom
- The project is expected to cost around $25 billion euros, according to the Egyptian press, paid with a loan from Moscow
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Tunisia’s Kais Saied: saviour or autocrat-in-waiting
On Monday, Tunisians will vote in a landmark referendum that could install a vastly different system: one that bears the...
- On Monday, Tunisians will vote in a landmark referendum that could install a vastly different system: one that bears the hallmarks of the 64-year-old's philosophy
- Saied grew up in a middle-class Tunis suburb and became prominent in 2011, appearing on television to discuss constitutional law
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Tunisia to vote on constitution seen as threat to democracy
Tunisians will vote Monday on a constitution that would give President Kais Saied almost unchecked powers, a key moment in...
- The president's opponents have called for a boycott, but while observers have predicted most Tunisians will snub the poll, few doubt the charter will pass
- The leader of Saied's "new republic" would have ultimate executive power and would appoint a government without the need for a confidence vote in parliament
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Russia’s Foreign Minister to address Arab League at its headquarters
The war in Ukraine has caused food insecurity in Arab nations, many of which are heavily dependent on wheat imports...
- Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet Arab League head Ahmed Aboul Gheit and representatives of 22 nations.
- On Tuesday, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi hosted a summit that was attended by his Russian and Turkish counterparts.
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Saudi Arabia, Jordan review border security cooperation
Saudi Arabia and Jordan explored enhancing security cooperation in border security, developing human resources and training, and exchanging experiences. Border...
- Border Guard officials of Saudi Arabia and Jordan discuss security cooperation in meeting
- The officials also share experiences and discuss developing human resources at meeting in Jeddah
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Russia resumes critical gas supplies to Europe via Nord Stream
Russia on Thursday resumed critical gas supplies to Europe through Germany, reopening the Nord Stream gas pipeline after 10 days,...
- The German government had feared that Moscow would not reopen the pipeline after the scheduled work
- Gazprom has cut flows to Germany via the vital Nord Stream 1 pipeline by some 40 percent in recent weeks
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UAE, Korea discuss cooperation in food security, health, technology
Emirati exports to South Korea increased by 34 percent in 2021 compared to 2021, reaching $679 million.
- Emirati exports to South Korea increased by 34 percent in 2021 compared to 2021, reaching $679 million
- The value of non-oil trade between the two countries in H1 2022 amounted to US$1.3 billion, a 19 percent increase compared to the same quarter last year
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UN agencies warn Gaza slipping into famine as Israel resists ceasefire calls
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Iran launches imaging satellite Pars 1 from Russia
Iran announced the launch of a remote sensing and imaging satellite into orbit from Russia, according to state media. The...
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Kurd authorities say Turkish strikes kill two PKK members
Arbil, Iraq - A Turkish drone strike in northwestern Iraq killed two members of a group affiliated to Turkey's outlawed Kurdistan...
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Israeli troops ‘massacre’ 104 Palestinians at aid distribution point
More than 750 others were injured after Israeli soldiers opened fire on civilians gathered at an aid distribution point in...
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Israeli fighter jets bomb south Lebanon, killing two
Lebanon's Hizbollah, a Hamas ally, has exchanged near-daily fire with the Israeli army since war erupted between Israel and the...
- On Wednesday morning, Hamas's armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades said in a statement it targeted two Israeli military sites with two barrages of "Grad rockets"
- The attack from south Lebanon came in "response to Zionist massacres against civilians in the Gaza Strip and the assassination of martyred leaders and their brothers in Beirut
Gaza health ministry says war deaths exceed 30,000 as famine looms
The latest overall toll for Palestinians killed in the war came after at least 79 people died overnight across the...
- While mediators say a truce deal between Israel and Hamas could be just days away, aid agencies have sounded the alarm of a looming famine in Gaza's north
- Citing the deteriorating conditions in Gaza, USAID head Samantha Power said Israel needed to open more crossings so that vitally needed humanitarian assistance can be dispatched
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Israel strikes Damascus amid soaring regional tensions
According to Syria's defense ministry, Israeli fighter jets carried out strikes "from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan", targeting...
- Explosions followed by the sirens of ambulances were heard in the capital
- The Israeli strikes killed two Syrian pro-Hizbollah fighters as per a war monitor